Day 8 - Brussels - Rotterdam

The breakfast at Mercure Orly Paris was just fine.

Breakfast ... 

We were having breakfast in France, lunch in Belgium and dinner in the Netherlands that day. Sounded really cool, eh? We left our hotel sharp at 8.00 a.m. .... and traffic was so good that we reached Brussels earlier than expected!

Upon reaching Belgium ... Nuclear plant? 

 The Koekelberg Basilica 

Street in Brussels 

A river in downtown Brussels 

Inside this really artistic structure is Starbucks!  

The Notre Dame of Brussels

Our Lady of Sabion Church

Karel Buls Fountain

The mayor of the city of Brussels 

Brussels Town Hall at the breathtaking Grand Place, the town square that is a UNESCO Heritage Site

Manneken Pis

A small mannequin that dates back to 1618; this statue here is a copy of the original, and had been at the square since 1965. 

Jeanneke-Pis

Manneken Pis' counterpart at another side of the square .. 

We had lunch near the square; can't remember the name of the restaurant. We liked the food, though.

 Mussels in white wine .... yummy

 Fried chicken with French fries

Belgian waffles

After lunch, we were so excited to go shop for Kipling bags. We must have spent at least 40 minutes in the small shop. I bought a sling bag and a purse .... very cheap indeed. Was so happy with my purchases!

Then we left for Rotterdam, back in the Netherlands.

 Rotterdam 

We were asked to go dinner first ... at China Town Chinese restaurant. The food was good here .... 

After dinner, we checked into Best Western Rotterdam Airport Hotel. This was the same hotel we stayed in the first night.

A walk to the airport ...  

 Pretty small airport, there was nothing there ...

 Some horses grazing in the grassland, just next to our hotel ....

The horses saw us and came near the fence ... 

We went back to our hotel room after that. We had to pack as we were flying back to KL the next day ....